Wednesday, May 16, 2012

Rejection

So, I heard back from that agent already, the one that
filled me with meaningless hope by asking for the first 5 pages of my book. And
unfortunately, she has decided to reject me. She didn’t even offer any feedback
or explanation. So very sad…
Ill let that hopeless feeling of worthlessness wash through me and then move
on.

I will keep hope, because, after all, this is only my first
round of agents. And I understand that even the famous authors were rejected
many times before getting accepted.

That being said, it doesn’t really make the sting hurt any
less.

Moving on to a lighter subject, I will keep blogging and
trying to build up a following.

Hopefully, over time, this blog will help me to have an
audience who will want to read my book when (and I say WHEN not IF) my book is
published!

My idol right now is Amanda hocking, who couldn’t get
published, so she self-published her AMAZING books, and now has since been
published and has a movie deal in the making for her Trylle trilogy.

8 comments:

Yeah...it always stings, no matter what. Less so as you get used to it, but still--ouch! Hang in there and persevere. You are SO right; it's only your first round of agents. Rejection is definitely part of the game.

You asked about critiques on my blog--info is on the sidebar but I realize a lot of people only read in Google Reader or whatev, so I should mention it in my posts once in a while! Send your first 250ish words to me at artzicarol [at] gmail [dot] com, pasted into the email. That's it! It's helpful also to know if you want it anonymous, if it's YA or MG, and if you want to list it with a title or genre (paranormal, fantasy, etc). Sorry for writing so much here but you don't have an email attached to your blog bio! :)

Yes, Thanks so much! I will send you an email asap. I didnt realize that my email wasnt attached to my profile, so Ill be adding it soon.Also, Ill put it in the email as well, but so that you know, the book is a YA paranormal romance novel. It will be the first of a Trilogy. Thanks again,-Theresa

Well... You don't send to publishers, you send to agents. And the agents would send to publishers. But to answer the question, I'm sending to agents who have an interest in YA, fantasy, romance or paranormal romance, etc. So yes, in sending to agents who have an interest in the genre my book is in. :)

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Theresa M Jones is just a regular small town, Texas girl. When she isn't at work at a local Medical Equipment provider, you can find her at home with her husband and two beautiful (and rambunctious) kiddos.
In her spare time- as if there ever was such a thing as "spare time" - she reads and reviews books on her book blog, and writes paranormal romance novels.
POWER (The Descendent Trilogy #1) is her debut New Adult (Mature YA) Paranormal Romance novel.